Woody savanna — Emissions (N2O) by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.
Countries reporting
146
Highest
6.3 kt
Angola
Lowest
0 kt
Réunion
Median
0.0006 kt
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
9,329
What the numbers show
Woody savanna — Emissions (N2O) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 6.3 kt in Angola; the lowest is 0 kt in Réunion.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0006 kt, and the mean is 0.1737 kt.
Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 2,843.8%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).
Woody savanna — Emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 6.3 kt | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Zambia | 4.16 kt | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 2.6 kt | 2024 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 2.39 kt | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.88 kt | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Mozambique | 1.87 kt | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Canada | 1.54 kt | 2024 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 0.5479 kt | 2024 | up 760.1% | falling |
| 9 | Myanmar | 0.5092 kt | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 10 | Congo | 0.32 kt | 2024 | up 272.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 0.3075 kt | 2023 | up 414.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0.2754 kt | 2024 | up 78.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.2658 kt | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 0.2161 kt | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 15 | Cambodia | 0.1994 kt | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 16 | India | 0.1528 kt | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 17 | Madagascar | 0.1429 kt | 2024 | up 45.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Gabon | 0.1346 kt | 2024 | up 566.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Honduras | 0.1288 kt | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Guatemala | 0.1171 kt | 2024 | up 231.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.1135 kt | 2024 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 0.1107 kt | 2024 | down 57.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Nepal | 0.0942 kt | 2024 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.093 kt | 2024 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Australia | 0.0927 kt | 2024 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 26 | South Africa | 0.0596 kt | 2024 | up 80.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 0.0591 kt | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0.0475 kt | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 0.0471 kt | 2024 | up 2,843.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Guyana | 0.047 kt | 2024 | up 1,324.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Nigeria | 0.0438 kt | 2024 | up 447.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Peru | 0.0423 kt | 2024 | up 336.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Guinea | 0.0392 kt | 2024 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Indonesia | 0.0372 kt | 2024 | down 95.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Liberia | 0.0371 kt | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 36 | China | 0.0338 kt | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 36 | China, mainland | 0.0338 kt | 2024 | down 72.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Malawi | 0.0278 kt | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Colombia | 0.0271 kt | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Philippines | 0.0241 kt | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.0204 kt | 2024 | up 75.9% | flat |
| 42 | Ghana | 0.0199 kt | 2024 | up 397.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0152 kt | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Belize | 0.0137 kt | 2024 | up 470.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 0.0123 kt | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Uganda | 0.0113 kt | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Sudan (former) | 0.0098 kt | 2011 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Ecuador | 0.0097 kt | 2024 | up 410.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 0.0088 kt | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Bahamas | 0.0086 kt | 2024 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Suriname | 0.0083 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 0.0081 kt | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 0.0072 kt | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 54 | South Sudan | 0.0071 kt | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 0.0052 kt | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Eswatini | 0.0036 kt | 2024 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0031 kt | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 0.0027 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Serbia | 0.0027 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 0.0023 kt | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 0.0022 kt | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 0.0021 kt | 2024 | up 425.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Bhutan | 0.0016 kt | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 0.0016 kt | 2024 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Pakistan | 0.0013 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 66 | Romania | 0.0011 kt | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 0.001 kt | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 0.001 kt | 2024 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Mongolia | 0.0008 kt | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Belarus | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Comoros | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 kt | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Albania | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 73 | France | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | 0.0006 kt | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Togo | 0.0004 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Japan | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 81 | New Zealand | 0.0003 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Montenegro | 0.0002 kt | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Croatia | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Hungary | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 86 | French Guiana | 0.0001 kt | 2024 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.0001 kt | 2005 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Afghanistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Armenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Austria | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Burundi | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Benin | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Botswana | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Cyprus | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Czechia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Germany | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Eritrea | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Estonia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Finland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Fiji | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Gambia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Haiti | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Iraq | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Israel | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Kenya | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Lebanon | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Lesotho | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Latvia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Mali | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Mauritania | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Namibia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Niger | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Norway | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Poland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Puerto Rico | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Rwanda | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Senegal | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Somalia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Slovenia | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Sweden | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Chad | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Montserrat | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Republic of Korea | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 kt | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 92 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Réunion | 0 kt | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 32.38 kt
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 22.44 kt
- Non-Annex I countries 27.93 kt
- Middle Africa 14.75 kt
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 23.2 kt
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.84 kt
- Africa 21.66 kt
- Asia 1.93 kt
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 11.13 kt
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.5601 kt
- Eastern Africa 6.43 kt
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.5348 kt
- Americas 6.22 kt
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.4189 kt
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.79 kt
- United Republic of Tanzania 0.2065 kt
- Annex I countries 4.45 kt
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.1204 kt
- South America 3.37 kt
- Viet Nam 0.0278 kt
- Europe 2.46 kt
- Melanesia 0.0158 kt
- Eastern Europe 2.4 kt
- Türkiye 0.0022 kt
- Northern America 1.9 kt
- Timor-Leste 0.0006 kt
- South-Eastern Asia 1.59 kt
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.0003 kt
- Central America 0.9233 kt
- Syrian Arab Republic 0.0001 kt
- Western Africa 0.4129 kt
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kt
- Republic of Moldova 0 kt
- United States of America 0.3604 kt
- Southern Asia 0.3091 kt
- Oceania 0.1087 kt
- Southern Africa 0.0633 kt
- Southern Europe 0.0585 kt
- European Union (27) 0.0548 kt
- Eastern Asia 0.0352 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Fires consists of estimates of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from biomass burning in a range of vegetation types and from fires in organic soils.